Hallo Alan, The same thing happened to me when I tried to unmount the cdrom while at the same time my default directory is /cdrom or one of its subdirectories.
Make sure that you are in / when trying to unmount. Johann. >This happens to me quite often: a floppy or a cd isn't being accessed, >but I cannot unmount it: umount gives the error I have indicated. >Is there any way to find out what process or which xterm might be >accessing or sitting on a certain device? >Thank you to all who have made my computing journey smoother. >Alan >-- >Alan E. Davis ------------------------------------------------ Johann Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windsorlaan 19 Pietermaritzburg 3201 Suid Afrika (South Africa) Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .